The best way to find out things, if you come to think of it, is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun;…

- Elspeth Huxley

The pioneer kills what he loves.

- Elspeth Huxley

[... vastly different peoples live and work side by side but rarely come together, like the arms of an egg beater that] whirled independently and nev…

- Elspeth Huxley

You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.

- Elspeth Huxley

The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life.

- Elspeth Huxley

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

- Elspeth Huxley

One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'

- Elspeth Huxley

To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if o…

- Elspeth Huxley

How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water.

- Elspeth Huxley